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EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has closed on the transaction to sell a 50 per cent interest in the 250 megawatt (MW) Roosevelt Wind Project and the 49.65 MW Milo Wind Project to a fund managed by BlackRock Infrastructure.
The closing of this transaction seals the partnership on the final two of five projects for which BlackRock and EDF Renewable Energy have signed agreements for over the past year.
The two wind projects are adjacently located in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. The combined 150 Vestas wind turbines produce enough clean, renewable energy to power approximately 170,000 New Mexico households.
The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF), managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided a GBP400,000 loan facility to Mobedia Limited (“Mobedia”), a digital design agency offering a full range of services to SMEs, mid-corporates and large multinational companies.
The investment will enable Mobedia to open its planned Manchester city centre office which is expected to generate up to 10 new full time jobs in the area.
Since being established in 2005 Mobedia has grown into a full service design agency offering expertise across a range of product areas including Branding, Web Based Content, Strategy, Mobile Apps, Video, and
QLess, an specialist in customer experience and queue management software, has secured USD2.5 million in True Growth Capital from Wellington Financial, a privately-held specialty finance firm.
QLess helps companies optimise their customer experience process by providing an interactive platform for employees to manage customer service flow, equipping management with real-time reporting and analytics to boost operational efficiencies. Its cloud-based patented application eliminates physical lines by allowing customers to instead join a virtual queue by mobile phone, website, or via an on-site kiosk. With its learning algorithms, QLess delivers more accurate wait times via text or phone message and notifies customers
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance and SKG Capital have provided GBP1 million worth of funding and investment to support the acquisition of White Knight Laundry Services, a specialist provider of laundry services to international hotel chains.
The joint equity funding and asset based lending facility marks the second transaction that Secure Trust Bank and SKG have completed in the laundry sector, following the GBP4 million backing of AAA Linen in November 2014.
Established in 1904, White Knight works with over 2,000 domestic and business customers, including a number of international hotels. The company, which operates from sites in Reading
East Capital Explorer AB (ECEX) is to sell its entire 63 per cent stake in Starman Group, the pan-Baltic cable TV and broadband provider, to Providence Equity.
The transaction, which will result in an exit gain for ECEX of at least EUR35 million, corresponding to a gross IRR in excess of 30 per cent, will consist of an upfront cash consideration of approximately EUR 81m with the potential for an additional earn-out of up to EUR5 million payable in 2017. The transaction will represent an implied total enterprise value of approximately EUR210 million.
East Capital Explorer acquired a majority
Inflexion Private Equity has completed the management buyout of Global Reach Partners Ltd, a leading UK foreign exchange specialist providing payments and hedging services to businesses and private individuals.
Global Reach Partners helps clients manage their foreign exchange exposure through a range of hedging strategies, which are tied to fundamental business needs. The hedging strategies are delivered through many products including spot payments, forward contracts and options in over 150 currencies.
Global Reach Partners transacts £3bn of foreign currency each year, through its team of over 85 expert traders and support staff based in London.
Inflexion will be
Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners advised the private equity firm CVC on the acquisition of Italian generic drugs firm Doc Generici from Charterhouse.
CVC was assisted by a team composed by partners Bruno Gattai and Gerardo Gabrielli, together with senior associate Lorenzo Fabbrini. Lorenzo Cairo, Licia Garotti and Micaela Tinti, heads of the Firm’s Employment, IP and Administrative Law departments respectively, participated in the transaction, as well.
Founded in November 2012, Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners is a law firm specialising in Corporate and M&A, Banking & Finance, Tax, Restructuring, Real Estate, Employment,
Deutsche Börse Venture Network, Deutsche Börse’s programme to fund young growth companies, has passed the 200-member mark nine months after its launch.
The Network has gained 31 investors and 10 growth companies since the beginning of this year. Specifically the number of participants from outside Germany, currently at 81, has seen a particularly large increase. In total, there currently are 60 growth companies and 142 investors active in the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.
In addition to the online platform, the Venture Network supports businesses and investors in expanding their networks. On March 16, an exclusive investor networking event focusing
Aurelius Group has sold fidelis HR to SD Worx, for an undisclosed sum and stands to realise a significant, double-digit return on its investment following the completion of the deal in Q1 2016.
The Group intends to pay out a proportion of the return on investment to its own investors via a participation dividend.
Aurelius acquired fidelis HR, a provider of HR-outsourcing services in the DACH region, in 2013 from TDS Informationstechnologie AG, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Group. Under Aurelius’ ownership, fidelis HR’s operations were successfully realigned, resulting in an improved product offering and an increased client portfolio including
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has appointed Mark Pacala as an operating partner with a focus on healthcare.
Pacala has more than 20 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry. Most recently he was a Senior Advisor in the healthcare team at Oak Hill Capital Partners. In that role, he served on the boards of Vantage Oncology and Raintree Oncology Services until their recent sales to McKesson and Cardinal Health, respectively, and will continue to serve on the board of AccentCare and SmartPak. Previously, Pacala served as a general partner at Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and was the Chairman and CEO of
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